Horseshoe



y UN- Iren ,STATES GEORGE H. REYNOLDS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HORS Es'HOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,636, dated December 2'?, 1881.

Application1edAngust26,l81. (No model.) i

To all whom. At may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. REYNOLDS, Of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of horseshoes which are provided with detachable calks having dovetailed Shanks tted in dovetailed recesses or seats inthe shoe and confined therein by a depending lip. 4In applying this .form of calks they are driven into their seats and the said lips afterward hammered down" upon the edge of the shoe, and in attaching them they are'liable to be driven in too far, so that an inaccurate tit or set of the calk is the result.

i Toavoid this objection is the object of my invention; and to this end it consists in combining with the shoe having a dovetailed recess Or seat a plate provided with a calk and beveled edges, and at one end with a permanent turned-down or depending shoulder or abutment, the other end of said plate being provided with a malleable or annealed lip, all in such manner that the permanent depending shoulder or abutment prevents overdriving, or, in other words, limits the inward driving Ot' the calk by coming in contact with the edge of the shoe, after which the annealedor malleable lip can be turned or hammered down against the opposite edge of the shoe, thereby providing a very'secure and substantial connection ot' the parts 'and an accurate and perfeet tit or set Of the calk with relation to the shoe, and means are provided to guard against and prevent the calli from working in any direction Out of its seat when in use;

In the'accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view of a horseshoe provided with my invention; Fig. 2, a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3, aperspective view of the toe portion of ashoe provided with my invention, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of thecalk detached.

The letter Aindicates a horseshoe which is provided withl a tapering dovetailed seat, composed Of inwardly-beveled shoulders a a,which,

as shown, diverge from the front to the rear edge of the shoe.

The letter B indicates the ealk, which is formed with or attached to the calli-plate C, which plate is providedwith outwardly-.beveled tapering edges b b and with a permanent turned-down or depending shoulder or abutment, D, while the opposite end of said plate is provided with a malleable or annealed lip, E. In attachingthe calli-plate in position it is inserted into the dovetailed seat or recess in the shoe, and is forcibly driven therein until the depending shoulder D abuts aga-inst the inner edge of the shoe, afterwhich the malleable or annealed lip Eis turned down or hammered against the outer edge of the shoe. By this construction of parts and mode of attachment the permanent depending .shoulder or abutment prevents overdriving-th at is, limits the inward driving of the calliand a substantial and firm connection of the parts is secured,

while at the same time an accurate fit or set of 7o the ealk is provided, and the plate is prevented from working loose in any direction.

By the use of my invention, after the shoe has lbeen fitted to the animal the worn callas can be removed from time to time without detaching by simply raising the annealed lip with a suitable instrument and then driving the calk-plate from its seat. i

The combination, with a horseshoe having a dovetailed recess formed by inwardly-beveled shoulders, of the calkplate having outwardlybevelededges, and provided at one end with the permanent depending shoulder or abut-- ment and at the other end with the malleable or annealed lip, all substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name 1 to the foregoing specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. v

- GEORGE H. REYNOLDS. Witnesses:

WM. E. BUTTON,

EDGAR J. Gnoss. 

